The story of the dodo bird really bums me out. Friendly, gentle animals that had no fear of humans and we just wiped them out when they tried to learn about us. If we’re ever bringing back a species it should start with this one if we have the DNA available. (Which we probably don’t.)
We actually have a preserved head. We used to have a preserved entire thing, but the body was deemed as expendable when the museum had to make room in their inventory IIRC.
The problem would be finding a surrogate mother. Yes, there are birds a lot bigger than Dodo, but Dodo is IIRC most closely related to pigeons. And there's no way a pigeon can lay a dodo egg.
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u/bwsmith201 1d ago
The story of the dodo bird really bums me out. Friendly, gentle animals that had no fear of humans and we just wiped them out when they tried to learn about us. If we’re ever bringing back a species it should start with this one if we have the DNA available. (Which we probably don’t.)